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kissle

verb

Etymology

From kiss + -le (frequentative suffix).

  1. inherited from *kussijaną✻ — “to kiss”
  2. inherited from *kussijan✻
  3. inherited from cyssan — “to kiss”
  4. inherited from kissen
  5. suffixed as kissle — “kiss + le”

Definitions

  1. To smother with kisses

    To smother with kisses; kiss repeatedly; kiss.

    • And if you'll so arrange it, Mrs. Swisshelm, You needn't join the maidens when we kissle 'em.
    • O that tis not the fashion in France For the maids to kissle before they are married.
    • She flung her arms around him and pressed her lips to his, and when he tried to move away she clung to him tightly and sobbed against his mouth and kissled him with a violent passion born of despair.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA